Download or read book Addiction and the Captive Will written by Cynthia Geppert and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-first century neuroscience has discovered that in some severe cases, addiction may so constrain human freedom that the will is only able to choose to use substances of abuse. At this advanced stage, substance use has become the primary driver of salience, co-opting and subsuming other moral priorities and human rewards. Scholars have investigated Aristotle's concept of akrasia as an ancient mirror of this understanding and there have been some preliminary discussions of Augustine's concept of the divided will as it bears on addiction. No detailed and comprehensive exploration of the work of Augustine has yet been undertaken as it relates to three contemporary models of addiction: the choice, learning, and brain disease models. Augustine's psychological awareness, his mastery of ancient theological and philosophical thinking, and his enormous and enduring influence on both Catholic and Protestant theology, make him an ideal subject for such research. This incisive book argues that Augustine's doctrine of the captive will offers a theological parallel of each of these contemporary models of addiction.
Download or read book None of These Diseases written by Sim I. McMillen and published by Revell. This book was released on 1963 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Show how stupidity, ignorance, self-indulgence and other human foibles can destroy well-being, and sometimes lead to a lifetime of sickness, or to death.
Download or read book Addiction and the Captive Will written by Cynthia Geppert and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-first century neuroscience has discovered that in some severe cases, addiction may so constrain human freedom that the will is only able to choose to use substances of abuse. At this advanced stage, substance use has become the primary driver of salience, co-opting and subsuming other moral priorities and human rewards. Scholars have investigated Aristotle's concept of akrasia as an ancient mirror of this understanding and there have been some preliminary discussions of Augustine's concept of the divided will as it bears on addiction. No detailed and comprehensive exploration of the work of Augustine has yet been undertaken as it relates to three contemporary models of addiction: the choice, learning, and brain disease models. Augustine's psychological awareness, his mastery of ancient theological and philosophical thinking, and his enormous and enduring influence on both Catholic and Protestant theology, make him an ideal subject for such research. This incisive book argues that Augustine's doctrine of the captive will offers a theological parallel of each of these contemporary models of addiction.
Download or read book True Spirituality written by Chip Ingram and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A launching pad for your spiritual journey, this inspiring book provides clear, specific, and practical guidelines for becoming a Christian who lives like Christ. Christians today live in a world that is activity heavy and relationship light. The result is spiritual emptiness. We struggle to know what God wants from us and for us . . . and we’re unsure what a real relationship with God really looks like. But that was never God’s idea. HIS idea of faith is not about rules or religion— it’s about relationship. That’s where God tells us to start. In Romans 12, God gives us a clear picture of what Christians should look like at the root level. If you’re ready to move from “in” to “all in,” then you’re ready to become a Romans 12 Christian. The next steps of your journey toward true spirituality start here.
Download or read book Entangled by Addiction written by Caitanya Champion and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you struggling to get free from an addiction? Have you tried treatment programs and self-help books only to fail time and time again? Why not finally give Jesus a try? This book will show you how freedom in Christ can be achieved and how to find it. This way of freedom will take you from pain, misery, brokenness, and hopelessness to healing, deliverance, being set-free, and peacefulness. The promise of a new life awaits you. Join the countless millions who have come to know freedom from addiction through the power of Christ. Do you hear me calling your name to come and follow? Will you obey me and allow me to lead you? I will direct you to lay hold of my freedom. If you follow, you shall find it. Hear me now! The Lord says come.
Download or read book God S Addiction Recovery Plan written by Michael Wrenn and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Wrenn lost his military career, marriage, and other blessings because of his addiction to alcohol and drugs. When three rehabilitation facilities failed to provide him with the help he needed, he reached out to God for help and deliverance. God answered Wrenns call for help and freed him from bondage. He now enjoys a life free of addiction, and in this inspirational account he shares ten steps that helped him beat addiction. Learn how to find the plan that God has for you; recognize the people that God has sent to help you; overcome the guilt and shame that comes with addiction; make God your ally in your fight against addiction. Wrenn is familiar with the pain, misery, and loneliness of addiction, and he shares a message of hope for addicts, recovering addicts, and the family members and pastors who want to help them. By following Gods Addiction Recovery Plan, you can trade your addiction for a life of abundance, victory, purpose, peace, and joy.
Download or read book 31 Prayers for the Addict I Love written by Fran Driscoll and published by Fran Driscoll. This book was released on with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loving an addict hurts… No matter how many times we promise ourselves to not hurt again, there is a pain in knowing that the one you love will do anything to have the addiction of their desire. Addicts will cling tightly. Even if it means death. The ruin of their future—or yours. It can be hard, especially when children pay for it. There is no more powerless feeling on earth. If you’re looking for a book of prayers to uplift the weary, sooth the brokenhearted, and call on the power of God to heal the addicts we love, you’ll love “31 Prayers for the Addict I Love.” Get it Now!
Download or read book Addiction and the Captive Will written by Cynthia M. A. Geppert and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Conducts a dialogue between the early Christian theologian, Augustine of Hippo, and three modern models of addiction. The choice, learning, and brain disease models of addiction are examined in conversation with Augustine's insight in the Confessions into the mechanism of sin's subversion of the human will, apart from the grace of God. The book argues that Augustine's doctrine of the captive will most closely aligns with the brain disease model of addiction, and that his theology can bring a transcendent dimension both to the neuroscientific understanding of addiction and pathways out of it"--
Download or read book Setting Captives Free written by Jody Cleveland and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 30-Day Devotional for TransformationHelp for all the issues of life through the cross of Christ.Do you know that there is a way that you can overcome all the issues that you face in life? Whether the problem is sin, sadness, discouragement, rejection, anger, fear, weariness, emptiness, failure, being overwhelmed, or even facing death, there is a way to overcome."fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer, and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him, he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:2 (NIV)Fixing our eyes on the problem is the world's approach to change, whereas fixing our eyes on Jesus is the Bible's way of transformation. Come learn with us how to fix our eyes on Jesus, so that we might triumph over life's tragedies and be more than conquerors through Jesus who loves us.
Download or read book All in the Family written by Rita B. Hays and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many excellent and informative books have been written on addiction. These books have provided information about the nature of the disease, characteristics of the addictive life-style, and ways to offer recovery to the addict. There have also been helpful books written on the dynamics of family life when family members have an individual who has an addiction. However, few books have been written to help families as they struggle with the faith questions and issues that arise when addiction is a part of the family. This book will help families deal with these faith questions and issues such as where is God, how do I pray, and is there hope? This book is written for families that are dealing with the addiction of a family member. It is intended to address the faith issues that these families are struggling with as they also deal with the family dynamics associated with addiction.
Download or read book Victory over Addictions written by Valerie Haun and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victory over Addictions offers insight to those who are suffering from all addictions by turning to faith based practices . This book will help those suffering from addiction break free from the addictive behavior by applying three principles to your life. This spiritual guidebook restores the power of choice to the readers life . You are empowered to change your belief system and look into the motive of your heart. Control over your mind, will and emotions will determine who you were created to become. Once you begin to apply the principle of renewing your mind with the TRUTH you will see the transforming power to overcome the addictive behavior. Discover how to manage your heart and find the peace and love that God created you to experience. When you choose to belong to the family of God you have a lasting covenant that will help you have Victory.
Download or read book Take Back Your Temple Member Guide written by Kimberly Y. Taylor and published by Wellspring Omnimedia. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to start a Christian weight loss program at your church? The Take Back Your Temple Member Guide gives your support group the wisdom they need to reach their ideal weight and maintain it for life. Includes Christian health scriptures for motivation, delicious recipes, and a survival plan for handling common weight loss barriers like emotional eating, bottomless food pits, and more.
Download or read book The Collected Works of Witness Lee 1984 volume 4 written by Witness Lee and published by Living Stream Ministry. This book was released on with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1984, volume 4, contains messages and fellowship given by Brother Witness Lee on July 9 through November 15, 1984, and on July 31 through August 2, 1986. At the end of June Brother Lee returned from Denver, Colorado, to Anaheim, California, and remained there until the first week in October. From the middle of October until the middle of November, Brother Lee traveled to the Far East and ministered in Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; Taipei, Taiwan; and Quezon City, Philippines. The contents of this volume are divided into seven sections, as follows: 1. Four messages given in Anaheim, California, on July 29 through August 26, 1984. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Jubilee and are included in this volume under the same title. 2. Twenty-one messages given in Anaheim, California, on July 9, 1984, and in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 27 through November 15, 1984. They were previously published in a nineteen-chapter book entitled Crucial Words of Leading in the Lord's Recovery, Book 3: The Future of the Lord's Recovery and the Building Up of the Organic Service and are included in this volume under the same title. 3. A message given in Anaheim, California, on August 11, 1984. This message was translated from Chinese and is included in this volume under the title Concerning the Truth and Experience of the Triune God. 4. Seven messages given in Chinese in Anaheim, California, on September 7 through 28, 1984, and on July 31 through August 2, 1986. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Rising Up to Preach the Gospel and are included in this volume under the same title. 5. A message given in Irvine, California, on September 16, 1984. This message is included in this volume under the title Being Renewed Day by Day by Enjoying God in Christ as the Renewing Element. 6. A message given in Tokyo, Japan, on October 17, 1984. This message is included in this volume under the title Fellowship concerning the Lord's Move on Earth and the Need of the Lord's Move in Japan. 7. Six messages given in Seoul, South Korea, on October 20 through 24, 1984. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Vital Factors for the Recovery of the Church Life and are included in this volume under the same title.
Download or read book Addiction to Comfort written by George and Helen England Professor of Law Richard Kay and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addiction to Comfort SECRETS OF ALWAYS MAKING APPROPRIATE MORAL CHOICES? In regard to all Addictions, I find it is impossible to arrive at an objective and constant standard of truth and morality without bringing Jesus Christ onto the podium. If an important standard of truth and morality exists, it cannot be the product of the sinner, or it will not be impartial or decisive. It must be the result of a far greater Mind, that of the Christ Jesus. If a constant and unchanging truth exists, it must be beyond human timelines, or it will not be continuous, it must be everlasting. If a universal choice of "right versus wrong" exists, it must go beyond individual understanding, or it will not be "universal". It must be above us all. However, absolute truth must be something or someone to free the addicted that is common to all humanity, and to creation. All is found in one person, and He Jesus Christ is the source of all truth. He is the secret of always making appropriate moral choices.....For in each conflict we have....positions' us in charge of determining what, is the correct moral choice we can put forward? If our instant thought and or our comeback is that of self-deceptive "ends justify the means", your determination is flawed. If your response may be however difficult, but you choose to preserve and improve not only your own human life, integrity and self-respect, you have chosen not to take over Gods role as Creator and Sovereignty over your conflict. Be hopeful and please God, but never partake as God. ...... RICHARD KAY
Download or read book Addiction and Virtue written by Kent Dunnington and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this interdisciplinary work, Kent Dunnington brings the neglected resources of philosophical and theological analysis to bear on the problem of addiction. Drawing on the insights of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, he formulates a compelling alternative to the two dominant models of addiction--addiction as disease and addiction as choice.
Download or read book Nature Power Deceit and Prevalency of Indwelling Sin in Believers written by John Owen and published by . This book was released on 1774 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Augsburg Confession written by Timothy J. Wengert and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Augsburg Confession is the single most-important confession of faith among Lutherans today. However, it is often taught either from a historical perspective or from a dogmatic one. Yet the context out of which it arose was far more practical and lively: marked from the outset as confessions of faith in the face of fierce opposition and threats. The original princely signers, while clearly outlining the teaching of their churches, were also staking their lives on the witness to the gospel that had been emanating from Wittenberg since 1517, when Martin Luther first published his Ninety-Five Theses. By situating both the history and the theology of this document within the practice and life of faith, Timothy J. Wengert shows just how relevant the Confession's witness is for today's Lutheran parishes and their leaders by unlocking how its articles can shape and strengthen the church's witness today.
